couchtripper

Here is a couple of tsunami clips i have found on the net. Interesting viewing.

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If anyone speaks Japanese, a translation of the narration would be very much appreciated.

if you turn on the closed captions, then select translate captions, you can get some attempt at a translation -

It's rough, but not bad. I didn't know youtube could do that. Thx.

This is an excellent documentary about why the Japanese tsunami happened. I'd have embedded, but that's blocked...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuRELrpytWI

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Japanese boat swept away by tsunami spotted 4,703 miles away floating near Canada
24 March 2012[/align]
A large fishing vessel swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year has been spotted bobbing in the seas near British Columbia in western Canada. The trawler is part of the 5 million tons of debris that were swept into the ocean in March 2011 when a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck Japan.

More than a year later a Canadian military air patrol spotted the vessel - 4,703 miles away from where it was originally moored - floating towards the shore. It has been determined that the boat has been adrift without anybody at the helm since March 11 last year.

The 50-foot-long (15-meter-long) vessel was recently about 160 miles (260 kilometers) west of Haida Gwaii, islands off the north-coast of British Columbia, slowly drifting toward shore. A maritime warning has been issued because the vessel could pose a navigational hazard.

The Japan Coast Guard identified the owner of the fishing trawler after being contacted by Canadian officials, who were able to provide the identification number on the hull of the ship. The vessel, which was used for squid fishing, was moored at Hachinohe in the Aomori prefecture when the tsunami hit, said Toshiro Yoshinaga, a Coast Guard official.

Canadian agencies are monitoring the ship for possible marine pollution, though there are no reports of leaks from the vessel, the defense department said.